red grouse

Yet the real problem for the red grouse is its diet.

There is a significant population of red grouse in the hills.

The mountain is also an important habitat for red grouse.

These others are good, especially the ptarmigan, but the red grouse is the king.

For red grouse, at least, aggressive behavior plays a fundamental role.

It also causes disease in red grouse, and can affect humans.

Red grouse are usually territorial and can be expected to defend their territory as needed.

Red grouse, which feed on young heather shoots, are abundant.

This virus may be a significant factor in Red Grouse populations.

It supports important populations of red grouse, waders and raptors.

Red grouse, once common, are now extremely scarce.

Red grouse in Ireland are now considered threatened.

A red grouse skimmed low over the heather.

Breeding occurs in summer, and red grouse are known to be infected by a worm that affects fertility.

In parts of Britain, for example, populations of red grouse regularly crash every four to eight years.

The packaging displays a black grouse in place of the usual red grouse.

Seventy five per cent of the world's heather grows in Britain, and the red grouse eats nothing else.

The moors are managed for red grouse shooting.

Its emblem is the Red Grouse, Scotland's national game bird.

The people who live in that region call it a red grouse, and they like to use the feathers on their headwear and clothes.

Do red grouse have 'latrines' that they visit?

The Red Grouse may be infected by parasites and viruses which severely affect populations.

In Red Grouse, this virus can cause mortality as high as 78%.

'But you promised we'd see red grouse,' wailed an insatiable lad.

Red grouse, golden plover and golden eagles reside here.

A little moorhen walked up to them and seemed surprised to see so many people in its home.

Immature like pale brown young Moorhen with more white under tail.

It is reported that the common moorhen, a resident species has started breeding in large numbers at the lake.

It has been known to take large waterbirds such as the Common Moorhen.

They may sometimes feed in deeper water in the manner of a moorhen.

The odd moorhen appeared; and a couple of mallards.

The area is now home to several species such as the moorhen, mute swan and mallard.

Little grebes and Purple Moorhen can be seen in this lake.

Not a swan, not a moorhen disturbed its surface.

They are close relatives of the moorhen.

Regular visitors include the Heron, in addition to its permanent residents, the coot and moorhen.

On one occasion it was said that he ate a moorhen that a rat had pulled from a river.

I heard the click of a moorhen, and the sawing buzz of a fly.

The Common Moorhen has been spotted too.

As coot and moorhen glide by, I ask him if he sleeps up here in this cupboard-sized hide?

Dusky Moorhen is found in wetland habitats, with a preference for freshwater marshes.

Let me see if I can get Bryony to see where this moorhen is.

The beast also chased Etty Moorhen within an inch of her life.

The Common Moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands.

Also seen are the coot, moorhen and little grebe (or dabchick).

Despite loss of habitat in parts of its range, the Common Moorhen remains plentiful and widespread.

'Each leaves for water as it leaves the nest,' Clare wrote of moorhen chicks.

Shy where persecuted; elsewhere comes out into open, often flirting tail, and climbs reed stems; flight as Moorhen.

A moorhen perhaps.

Ducks and moorhen can be found along many stretches of the river, with gulls and estuary birds near the mouth.